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Friday, March 24, 2000
Game News
Wizards of the Coast Sues WWF 03/29/100
White Wolf Acquires Vampire CCG from WotC 03/30/100
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Chat!
Dr. Kromm and David Pulver : David Pulver (GURPS tech-book and science-fiction author extraordinaire) and Sean Punch (GURPS Line Editor) will discuss GURPS Transhuman Space. Transhuman Space is an upcoming line of hard-SF worldbooks, set in the Solar System, which will feature biotech, black-hole mining, and pirates . . . and no aliens or FTL travel. The first releases will be in early 2001, but plans are being made now. Come to the chat and be among the first to hear about them!

Roleplaying Games
Touché!: Getting Through High Defenses in GURPS, by John Dallman
Are you tired of your GURPS swashbuckling battles lasting longer than the French Revolution? Try this optional rule to speed things up.

Pyramid Interview: Gary Gygax, by Nick LaLone
The man who co-created Dungeons & Dragons talks about his Lejendary Adventure RPG, working with Wizards of the Coast, and the RPG industry in general.

Terra Incognita: Forboldn, by Hans Rancke-Madsen
The Colonial Office would like to deny that there are any problems whatsoever with the colonization process in this world for Traveller.

Features
Suppressed Transmission: Ether-Gods of Mars! The SYRTIS Dossier, by Kenneth Hite
One day it's astral-etheric interplanetary travel, the next it's covert warfare with the spirits of Mars.

Women In Gaming: The Ugly Yellow Underside, by Emily Dresner
When you get more people on the internet, the fringe element can get pretty. . . well, fringe.

Random Thought Table: The Torg Story, by Steven Marsh
Can anything live up to the hype? Probably not. But here it is, at last.


Reviews
Pyramid Pick: Compact Sorcerer (for Compact Warrior)
Pyramid Pick: Star Crusade (for Fading Suns)
Pyramid Review: Beyond Science (for Alternity)

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